Back in 1987, Eric Bogosian’s bleak and riotous Talk Radio opened off-Broadway. Who could have imagined that this of-the-moment portrait of a Cleveland shock jock, coming undone the night before his show gets syndicated, would one day seem so out of time? In gripping monologues, Bogosian’s ranting Barry hangs up on transsexuals and fantasizes about shooting the people who cut…
Forget leafy greens. It’s time we start judging farmers markets on their cinnamon rolls. On this new scale, the downtown farmers market in Excelsior Springs ranks near the top. The homemade goodies from Van Till Farms, a regular at the City Market, are main attractions at the second-year market that takes place every Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. “It’s…
Tiffany Sappenfield is a prolific self-taught painter who is inspired by the Pop Art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. See her art at the Plenum Space on First Friday or make an appointment for a private viewing through July 23. Fri., July 2, 6-10 p.m., 2010 Tags: Andy Warhol, Night & Day, Roy Lichtenstein, Tiffany Sappenfield
The Fundamentals of Clay was generated out of past affiliations between Red Star Studios and a group of young artists that are current candidates for a Master of Fine Art in Ceramics, as well as their professor Ted Adler, at the Wichita State University. Wednesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Starts: July 2. Continues through July 31, 2010…
Through a partnership with the Urban Culture Project, Missouri Bank periodically turns four outdoor billboards into displays of work by local artists. The current Artboards feature the visions of Anne Lindberg and Paul Shortt. July 2-Oct. 22, 2010 Tags: Anne Lindberg, Missouri Bank, Night & Day, Paul Shortt
Travel back to the western edge of the American frontier in 1812, where once again the young United States is bracing for war as Great Britain threatens our sovereignty. This July 4th, interpretive staff at Fort Osage National Historic Landmark will take you back to that uncertain year, using actual historic events. A “call to arms” will be used to…
Let your celebration of Independence Day journey back to the 1850’s as Jackson County Parks & Recreation’s Missouri Town 1855 presents its annual Independence Day Celebration. Appropriately costumed interpreters will share how residents of antebellum Jackson County observed this important date. Beginning with the raising of the flag in the morning, a variety of activities will bring this meaningful period…
The Life Changers Network Expo features performances by national entertainers, including Ruben Studdard. Also: free dental and health mall, beauty pavilion and information about education, jobs and the environment. Thu., July 1, 12-9 p.m.; Fri., July 2, 12-9 p.m.; Sat., July 3, 12-9 p.m., 2010 Tags: Night & Day, Ruben Studdard
This Independence Day, Dallas and Chicago canceled large displays of fireworks for such reasons as budget cuts and public-safety concerns. In Kansas City, pyrotechnics remain an integral part of the celebration. Consider these family-friendly options on the 234th birthday weekend of the United States.• KCRiverFest: Held at Berkley Riverfront Park, this weekend event organized by Friends of the River-KC offers…
This Independence Day, Dallas and Chicago canceled large displays of fireworks for such reasons as budget cuts and public-safety concerns. In Kansas City, pyrotechnics remain an integral part of the celebration. Consider these family-friendly options on the 234th birthday weekend of the United States.• KCRiverFest: Held at Berkley Riverfront Park, this weekend event organized by Friends of the River-KC offers…
This Independence Day, Dallas and Chicago canceled large displays of fireworks for such reasons as budget cuts and public-safety concerns. In Kansas City, pyrotechnics remain an integral part of the celebration. Consider these family-friendly options on the 234th birthday weekend of the United States.• KCRiverFest: Held at Berkley Riverfront Park, this weekend event organized by Friends of the River-KC offers…
It’s not that you don’t feel patriotic — you’re proud to be an American. It’s the place you love to be. It’s just that you’ve come to expect gallery openings on First Fridays, even the ones that kick off Independence Day weekends. Unfortunately, a lot of galleries delay exhibit openings on this, the hottest, Yankee-Doodliest weekend of the year. Still,…
Knob Knoster native Harlan Bonar’s February exhibit at the Late Show Gallery (1600 Cherry) included images inspired by history — wars, biblical stories and outsized historical personalities. For his latest show, he has narrowed his focus to the American Civil War. Gallery owner Tom Deatherage says, “Harlan’s had these paintings for years. They’re really historically accurate, very detailed. I think…
For an artist who’s still not sure if the drive to create is “a gift or a burden,” Molly Murphy demonstrates that her creative impulse is at its best when she’s behind the wheel. With the exhibit Greater Kansas, the self-taught Murphy takes a stylistic left turn from her sensual and unnerving portraits of women in states of anxiety and…
Checking out a book from the library is all good and well until you misplace it for seven years or drip marinara all over the chapter you couldn’t tear yourself away from while eating ravioli. For some of us, it’s better just to own a book, and the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library know this. They set up…
In addition to the high-speed slides and the rides named for nature’s most dangerous water phenomenon — not to mention the proximity to the roller coasters at Worlds of Fun — Oceans of Fun (4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue, 816-454-4545) provides adults with their own pool and swim-up bar. One-day adult passes (to Oceans of Fun only) are $28.99. Mondays-Saturdays,…
If the smell of gunpowder lingers on your skin from all the patriotic explosions you light over the weekend, wash it off with a chlorine bath at one of the metro’s many water parks.• In addition to the high-speed slides and the rides named for nature’s most dangerous water phenomenon — not to mention the proximity to the roller coasters…
Wild rivers and twisting tubes wind through Schlitterbahn Vacation Village , which debuted in Kansas City, Kansas, last summer. Adult ticket packages for this outdoor park start at $30.99. June 20-Aug. 14, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 15, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Aug. 16-20, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 21, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 22, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., Aug….
CoCo Key Water Resort is Missouri’s largest indoor water park. The slides, saunas, whirlpools, simulated coral reef and more are all located within a Holiday Inn. But you don’t have to spend the night to take a dip. Day passes cost $5 Monday through Thursday and $15 Friday, Saturday and Sunday. See cocokeywaterresort.com for hours. Fri., Jan. 21, 2011 Tags:…
Back in the 1990s, everything we could possibly know about real-life ghosts was contained in a series of Time-Life books called Mysteries of the Unexplained. The TV ads never came right out and asserted the empirical existence of ghosts but instead asked the viewer important questions: “Did aliens construct the great pyramids? Read the book!” With little text but expansive…
UFC heavyweights Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin are gonna roll around like muscled-up bulls in a pen at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. No worries, if you couldn’t afford Pay-Per-View, much less the flight to Las Vegas and the ringside seats for this title-unification bout. The Brooksider has you covered. The bar in guess-which-neighborhood is an official UFC watch party…
Thao and Mirah have answered countless indie kids’ prayers. Earlier this year, the like-minded women performed a collaborative set at the San Francisco Noise Pop festival. The show was so well-received that the duo decided to make a tour of it. Thao Nguyen (of Thao With the Get Down Stay Down) and Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (known as Mirah) are…
Indie-rock monster Modest Mouse lumbered into the mainstream with 2004’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News, then topped the album chart in 2007 with We Were Dead Before This Ship Even Sank. Since then, the band has mostly looked backward, with the singles-and-outtakes patchwork No One’s First, and You’re Next and a rerelease this year of the well-loved…
Lionsgate issued a trailer for Saw V that tried to fake out viewers into thinking that they were watching an ad for a Christian film (sample ad copy: “His gift is life.”) House is sort of like that, but in reverse; neither a reboot of the ’80s horror-comedy franchise nor a big-screen bow for Hugh Laurie’s dyspeptic doctor, it’s a…
